"For the vast majority of us, we can eat live worms with no ill effects – as gross as that sounds, it happens every day," the study’s author tells PEOPLE. Chiara Kim is an Editorial Assistant, Food at ...

Allison Little, a middle school assistant principal from Anchorage, has been fishing on the Kasilof River her entire adult life, so she’s used to seeing wormy parasites coiled up in fish on occasion.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. fresh salmon in packages - The Image Party/Shutterstock Worms are everywhere. But you wouldn't want to see them wriggle out of the ...